Why Do Reporters Talk Like That?

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  • @austinmcconnell
    @austinmcconnell  6 років тому +2270

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      @acompletelyuniqueusername1718 6 років тому +12

      Only a *rebel* would buy that t shirt

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      @DeidaraTriops 6 років тому +10

      Why is THIS shirt on Trending?

    • @GENUGSCHABERNACK
      @GENUGSCHABERNACK 6 років тому +1

      Hey Austin, did you start working out? you look good! :)
      Haven't seen a video in a while though..

    • @SciFiFan2012
      @SciFiFan2012 6 років тому +1

      galetaf I really think it's funny when newscasters pronounce Spanish names/places/events, they just pop out of their non regional dialect and roll those Rs, at least in my area.

    • @KrishnaDasLessons
      @KrishnaDasLessons 6 років тому

      austinmcconnell Wow BadRebel88 would be amazed.

  • @alexhooper27
    @alexhooper27 6 років тому +15788

    The title should have been "Why do reporters talk, like that?"

  • @capertillar4634
    @capertillar4634 4 роки тому +11708

    reporters talk like they always have one eyebrow raised

    • @pablocejas01
      @pablocejas01 4 роки тому +146

      Underrated

    • @LTMotions
      @LTMotions 4 роки тому +112

      Omg this is so accurate why does this have no likes

    • @cliffordbenenati7373
      @cliffordbenenati7373 4 роки тому +43

      Yes Jim and here at the scene the officers were in a standoff against the gunner 🤨

    • @miguelvidal2335
      @miguelvidal2335 4 роки тому +15

      perfect description

    • @andrreasm.6150
      @andrreasm.6150 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah 😂😂😂😂

  • @MelanieAnneAhern
    @MelanieAnneAhern 6 років тому +10673

    I feel like UA-cam video essays suffer from the same phenomenom- there's definitely a "Nerdwriter" cadence and style that's caught on.

    • @AdlerDavidson
      @AdlerDavidson 6 років тому +324

      is there anybody you don't watch

    • @sel4785
      @sel4785 6 років тому +183

      They most likely don't watch 99.999% of UA-cam :)

    • @MelanieAnneAhern
      @MelanieAnneAhern 6 років тому +122

      Adler Davidson nope

    • @MrStupidarmy
      @MrStupidarmy 6 років тому +162

      glad i unsubscribe nerdwriter years ago, cannot stand that prick

    • @sebsandwich1162
      @sebsandwich1162 6 років тому +58

      Melanie Anne Ahern I feel your pain, and that's one of the many reasons why I like austinmcconnel.

  • @SehnsuchtYT
    @SehnsuchtYT 4 роки тому +5499

    There's this really annoying reporter here who ends every sentence, like, thiiis.

  • @lostime2743
    @lostime2743 4 роки тому +9131

    imagine a news reporter just talking like:
    "AYO WHATS POPPIN WE HERE AT DA SCENE RIGHT HERE HOMIES CHECKING OUT THESES SICK RIOTS, AMARITE?"

    • @gawdspeed
      @gawdspeed 4 роки тому +1065

      i would prefer that

    • @lostime2743
      @lostime2743 4 роки тому +721

      @@gawdspeed everyone would prefer that

    • @erlucas5768
      @erlucas5768 4 роки тому +203

      @Phoenix Payne I really wouldn't

    • @shan_singh
      @shan_singh 4 роки тому +27

      lamooo

    • @citizenearth71
      @citizenearth71 4 роки тому +134

      Then it's just UA-cam. Which would be an improvement, tbh!

  • @sphericalcow6014
    @sphericalcow6014 5 років тому +2663

    did you know that they do this diction, not just in english, but in all languages? they have the same sing songy voice in my regional language news too

    • @happysmash27
      @happysmash27 5 років тому +164

      It's what I assumed when I saw the intro, before it started talking about the US only, because when I think about it, I've heard this in pretty much every news broadcast.

    • @marko71
      @marko71 4 роки тому +25

      Same here in Croatian

    • @PatheticTV
      @PatheticTV 4 роки тому +93

      Same here in Hong Kong. We don’t even have regions. We’re literally just the size of a city.

    • @woofwoof9796
      @woofwoof9796 4 роки тому +7

      Us in albania too

    • @NO-lw1re
      @NO-lw1re 4 роки тому +19

      same in brazil lol

  • @goodnight6202
    @goodnight6202 4 роки тому +2245

    There’s actually a whole dialect in Arabic for this, it’s called MSA(Modern Standard Arabic). Any Arabic speaker around the world can understand this dialect. Someone living in Egypt can travel to Lebanon and perfectly grasp what a reporter is saying. Pretty neat if you ask me.

    • @spice1356
      @spice1356 4 роки тому +64

      tbh I wouldn't call fusha a dialect as it varies so much from the Arabic spoken in the day to day life, it's almost another language to people with heavy dialects

    • @goodnight6202
      @goodnight6202 4 роки тому +88

      @@spice1356 It's more of the "standard" Arabic. Although it is very different from the majority of the dialects, most if not all Arabic speakers have an understanding of it.

    • @otesunki
      @otesunki 4 роки тому +7

      Fa', Wau, Sin, Ha', Alif? (I dont have an arabic keyboard atm)

    • @abdullahbouhamdan9666
      @abdullahbouhamdan9666 4 роки тому +19

      It is neat but it's one of the most annoying way to talk i dont think any arab likes hearing someone talk fusha to me it's just sounds weird but i understand why it's this way i still hate it tho lol

    • @abdullahbouhamdan9666
      @abdullahbouhamdan9666 4 роки тому +26

      @@goodnight6202 i wouldn't call it standard it's more of a formal way of talking that no one really use except media, i have never in my entire life met an arab who speaks fusha, even people from a different country than iam we talk our own accent, for example iam lebanese i talk with the Lebanese accent to a Egyptian and he talks to me in Egyptian there are some different words but i can understand 80% of what they're saying so can they

  • @apoorrva
    @apoorrva 6 років тому +2211

    it makes sense why i end up understanding each word spoken by them despite being from a non-english speaking country when i can hardly catch up with the accent tv shows use

    • @grrr1351
      @grrr1351 6 років тому +25

      And Austin has a clear voice as well.

    • @katrinepetersen2566
      @katrinepetersen2566 6 років тому +41

      apoorva Tv-shows usually keep to the more Well-known dialects or the nation-wide to make it easier on the ears. Even smaller countries has the same issues. I come from Denmark which has only 6 mio. people (For comparison NY has 8) Yet we still use subtitles on movies in our language, because the dialects Can vary insanely.
      Even in some Citys you’ll have different dialects depending on the neighbourhood.

    • @crediblesalamander8056
      @crediblesalamander8056 6 років тому +48

      Same with me too, I can't watch tv shows without subtitles, I don't understand how americans can watch stuff without them, every little noise can block what they're saying, unless you're blasting the speakers or wearing headphones.

    • @alex-sv8ru
      @alex-sv8ru 6 років тому +13

      Mhd. Yousef Attar That's right! Me too. I need subs, because sometimes i don't catch a word or miss a sentence and then i won't understand what's going on!

    • @Nobilitism
      @Nobilitism 6 років тому +12

      Mhd. Yousef Attar well Americans speak English every single day. They know what to look for when people are speaking. That's why it's so easy for them to understand

  • @josemarionate8905
    @josemarionate8905 4 роки тому +3495

    Who remembers that "I so pale" anchorwoman HAHAHA

  • @thetooginator153
    @thetooginator153 4 роки тому +776

    There are other reasons reporters speak like that:
    1) So they can read teleprompters while maintaining a predictable cadence.
    2) So they sound neutral when reporting on potentially divisive issue or stories.

  • @trevan5035
    @trevan5035 4 роки тому +763

    2:28 gave me flashbacks to every terrible top 10 video, video essay, etc. I've seen on UA-cam

    • @timothyl4994
      @timothyl4994 4 роки тому +45

      that chills top 15 guy

    • @センナ-h4c
      @センナ-h4c 4 роки тому +33

      Top ten Fortnite UA-camrs, who've sworn

    • @slyfox4547
      @slyfox4547 4 роки тому +15

      WatchMojo

    • @Spider-Too-Too
      @Spider-Too-Too 4 роки тому +5

      Sounds like google translation

    • @ahtiparviainen9077
      @ahtiparviainen9077 4 роки тому +2

      oh my god, exactly! it sounds so bad, if you really listen and put your attention to it.

  • @El-RaShahzad
    @El-RaShahzad 4 роки тому +722

    *They should talk like they are back in the 1940’s and include newsreel music*

    • @cristiana8044
      @cristiana8044 4 роки тому +17

      Rick Sanchez hell yeah!(They should also wear 1940s fashion).

    • @El-RaShahzad
      @El-RaShahzad 4 роки тому +28

      Crystal sf *Hello America, crazy tensions around the country, a deadly pandemic, conflict with the Chinese. President Trump ordered to gas his own people protesting, oh what a bad egg*

    • @lebens3585
      @lebens3585 3 роки тому +3

      Not in germany please.

    • @claudiaperi4990
      @claudiaperi4990 3 роки тому +1

      @@El-RaShahzad ah yes, the Kent Brockman tone

    • @seaque.
      @seaque. 3 роки тому

      i hate 50's era commercial voices

  • @alvideos2145
    @alvideos2145 4 роки тому +433

    "What languages do you speak?" "English, and Non-regional-diction!"

  • @alma_najem
    @alma_najem 4 роки тому +1792

    Reporter: speaks with accent
    Daniel Thrasher: it ain’t familiar

  • @danielle6881
    @danielle6881 4 роки тому +167

    I was taught this because I had more of a southern accent, so my parents taught me how I needed to speak by constantly telling me that they couldn't understand my mumbling. If I'm tired, I lose the neutrality, and it's surprised a few classmates and teachers, who'd never heard me speak in my natural accent.

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 4 роки тому +10

      Same here. Or if I'm shouting out something my "poor" accent comes out.

    • @eclipserisingsurfacelevel
      @eclipserisingsurfacelevel 4 роки тому +21

      Yeah this turned me off of wanting to be a newscaster. If I have to talk like a robot with no emotion whatsoever & have to trash my perfectly good Scottish-American accent then fuck that, I'ma use my voice for something better, like being a voice actor.

    • @jimmy-rm3cl
      @jimmy-rm3cl 3 роки тому

      who cares? theres nothing wrong with having an accent. general american bs accent is a fake contrived robot way of talking.

    • @quasi-intellecual3790
      @quasi-intellecual3790 2 роки тому

      @@eclipserisingsurfacelevel how does a Scottish American accent sound like

    • @eclipserisingsurfacelevel
      @eclipserisingsurfacelevel 2 роки тому

      @@quasi-intellecual3790 I should've specified that I'm currently in southern USA as there accents across the US vary from region. I have an accent from interacting with family not from the US but moved here from Scotland, while also taking in American sounds as I grew up. Basically it sounds like I have Scottish twang when I speak.

  • @KyleLi
    @KyleLi 6 років тому +979

    Doesn't it also have to do with how they have to read from teleprompters?
    Theres a standard speed that the teleprompters feed new dialogue which makes it easier for you to fall into this speech style.

    • @d_wang9836
      @d_wang9836 6 років тому +45

      Kyle Li Holy shit that makes so much sense

    • @austinmcconnell
      @austinmcconnell  6 років тому +360

      Most teleprompters nowadays are actually controlled by the anchor, using a foot pedal under their desk.

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 6 років тому +89

      austinmcconnell Shoot, guess our studio isn't that fancy...

    • @evolve330
      @evolve330 6 років тому +11

      Poor you and your budget...

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 6 років тому +2

      GumballFallsFan Well, it's pretty small. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @InvestingHustler
    @InvestingHustler 6 років тому +1129

    A report on reporters nice 👌

    • @SethAllison
      @SethAllison 6 років тому +37

      We heard you liked reports. So we got you a reporter to report on reporters giving reports.

    • @det.halligan
      @det.halligan 6 років тому

      Nice

    • @observingrogue7652
      @observingrogue7652 6 років тому +4

      Reportception.

    • @bigqockold-859
      @bigqockold-859 6 років тому +3

      My tiny brain was confused because you did not put the coma

    • @RailwayPenguin
      @RailwayPenguin 5 років тому

      @@SethAllison we need to report this!

  • @daarmonet
    @daarmonet 6 років тому +2693

    i feel like you do it too you have a very radio/tv voice

    • @fanenthusiast3802
      @fanenthusiast3802 6 років тому +101

      itsdaaria not really, news people speak in compartmentalised sentences. It’s really disturbing.

    • @insolubletoaster8133
      @insolubletoaster8133 6 років тому +73

      aren't they sight reading the news, though? they have to use the punctuation on the teleprompter the way a musician uses rests, measures, etc.

    • @fanenthusiast3802
      @fanenthusiast3802 6 років тому +26

      InsolubleToaster but musicians have harmony and smooth transitions and memorise their work whereas news people don’t and they sound like robots that want to kill all humans

    • @insolubletoaster8133
      @insolubletoaster8133 6 років тому +31

      check out sight reading competitions. it's not all harmonies and smooth transitions. besides, punctuation has different meanings. it's meant so separate clauses to accentuate meaning, not provide a fluid experience.

    • @fanenthusiast3802
      @fanenthusiast3802 6 років тому

      InsolubleToaster sounds disgusting

  • @swagboss
    @swagboss 4 роки тому +3760

    just me, or do literally ALL female newscasters sound the exact same

    • @ZFanz
      @ZFanz 4 роки тому +112

      Try to hear 80's news

    • @moviebuffkkj8127
      @moviebuffkkj8127 4 роки тому +11

      Nop

    • @lynxaway
      @lynxaway 4 роки тому +36

      It’s just you. :-)

    • @Chaz1871
      @Chaz1871 4 роки тому +314

      And 80% of them are blonde for some reason

    • @huzzzer6083
      @huzzzer6083 4 роки тому +98

      Listen to 1950s and 1960s reporters. ALL OF THEM sound the *EXACT SAME*

  • @0Architectdude0
    @0Architectdude0 5 років тому +180

    0:31 can we just acknowledge the headline "Family Finds Snakes in Pool Noodle"
    Only in Arizona

  • @AvrahamYairStern
    @AvrahamYairStern 4 роки тому +217

    Kinda reminds me how up to the 1960's, people had to learn the Mid-Atlantic accent for radio news and old movies

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 4 роки тому +5

      This phenomenon is surely related to that I'd imagine.

    • @AvrahamYairStern
      @AvrahamYairStern 4 роки тому +2

      @Persephone Muzingeaux so do I

    • @izzy3995
      @izzy3995 3 роки тому +3

      why would they be in the middle of the atlantic that makes no sense

    • @chadlord6965
      @chadlord6965 3 роки тому +1

      @@izzy3995 probs just a typo, I’m pretty sure it’s transatlantic

    • @greenmachine5600
      @greenmachine5600 3 роки тому +2

      I wish we still used the tradatlantic accent as I find it quite nice.

  • @LindsayDaly
    @LindsayDaly 6 років тому +752

    "Yolo swag" ah yes, that old Missouri saying. Loved this, especially the intro lol So. Many. Stares.

    • @SunflowerSpotlight
      @SunflowerSpotlight 6 років тому +11

      Lindsay Daly Ugh that was painful. Why do people have to stare like crazy? Even if he has a big camera on a tripod and stuff, just, be cool, act natural, lol. Or if you don’t wanna be in frame, skootch to the side or something. I’ve noticed this a lot and it always bugs me. And “Yolo swag,” got a literal lol from me. Awesome. 😁

  • @letihey1960
    @letihey1960 4 роки тому +62

    So that’s the same thing as me, I work at McDonald’s, I have my fake customer service voice. Most ppl who work in customer service do this.

  • @QQ-rx9xp
    @QQ-rx9xp 5 років тому +36

    We got the same thing in Sweden, called ”rikssvenska”, and back in the 70:s it was so important that there is this story about a guy who got fired because of hus distinct dialect.

  • @dirtthrower1998
    @dirtthrower1998 5 років тому +4

    This channel is actually brilliant. Austin makes videos about stuff that no one really questions yet interacts with at least once in their lives.

  • @neves_caue
    @neves_caue 6 років тому +155

    Gloria Borger doesn’t talk like that.

  • @tq1238
    @tq1238 6 років тому +314

    It also happens in movies, especially old movies where you hear actors use the Mid-Atlantic accent. Also, ironically I couldn't figure out where you came from by your accent. So thanks for that, I've been trying to figure that out since the KFC video.

    • @evolve330
      @evolve330 6 років тому +20

      *Trans*-Atlantic, not Mid-Atlantic.

    • @tq1238
      @tq1238 6 років тому +32

      It's actually called Mid-Atlantic or Trans-Atlantic. They're different names for the same accent.

    • @tq1238
      @tq1238 6 років тому +6

      Yeah I just remembered... I honestly forgot...

    • @eamartig
      @eamartig 6 років тому

      I already knew from the interchange vid I think

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому +2

      @@tq1238 Mid-Atlantic can also refer to an accent from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Eastern Pennsylvania. I have a Philadelphia/Baltimore accent myself.

  • @frogglen6350
    @frogglen6350 6 років тому +135

    You have this great way of talking about shit that I don't care for, and making it interesting shit to learn about.

  • @knowncaydie3p240
    @knowncaydie3p240 4 роки тому +81

    i know this is late but when i was reading the comments i read it in the news reporter way

  • @mr.rakosnik3958
    @mr.rakosnik3958 3 роки тому

    I used part of this video in my 6th grade current events class today where we also study ways of getting the news. Thank you and keep up the great work.

  • @rockyowens496
    @rockyowens496 6 років тому +86

    2:06
    Actually I think that’s their secondary job. I’m pretty sure their number one job is to fill time between commercials.

  • @fallenxdevilman
    @fallenxdevilman 6 років тому +217

    Mom: what are you watching?
    Me: KY3123LMNOP *NEWS*

  • @PjPerez
    @PjPerez 6 років тому +74

    KY3123LMNOP is my favorite station.

  • @torototoro1252
    @torototoro1252 4 роки тому +1

    im a journalism student in uni
    this helps alot wit my broadcasting assignment. thanks!

  • @shyguy9302
    @shyguy9302 4 роки тому +14

    2:39, look at that guy in the background. He is extremely confused.

  • @daarmonet
    @daarmonet 6 років тому +1847

    did you do any voice training? you also speak so clearly

    • @montengro234
      @montengro234 6 років тому +165

      working as a journalist and doing voice training are two very different, unrelated things LMFAO

    • @daarmonet
      @daarmonet 6 років тому +4

      Vidyagamesnake thats what i was thinking lmao

    • @evolve330
      @evolve330 6 років тому +39

      ZoixivTheCat He was a *photo*-journalist.

    • @montengro234
      @montengro234 6 років тому +19

      GumballFallsFan regardless of that 98% of journalists don't need to speak in front of a camera, the voice training applies to a very small minority

    • @fairlysleepy
      @fairlysleepy 6 років тому +38

      he couldve picked it up from the news reporters. he heard them speaking everyday

  • @magpie405
    @magpie405 6 років тому +578

    This is how Safyia talks

    • @dansbury
      @dansbury 6 років тому +65

      You can hear her flip between it when she's sitting down in front of the camera vs when she's say chatting with Tyler out and about or when she's collabing.

    • @stockholmstyles
      @stockholmstyles 6 років тому +36

      Ohhhh no wonder. It irritates me, but I do like her.

    • @greenthizzle4
      @greenthizzle4 6 років тому +2

      Who?

    • @Discodoos
      @Discodoos 6 років тому +46

      She definitely took a few voice journalism classes. I like her content, but her voice annoys the heck out of me

    • @HeyitsBri_
      @HeyitsBri_ 6 років тому +12

      I hate hearing her talk, maybe that's why

  • @Zizzily
    @Zizzily 6 років тому +257

    And the folks in the UK get Received Pronunciation.

    • @evolve330
      @evolve330 6 років тому +30

      *coughcoughBBCcoughcough*

    • @rorystockley5969
      @rorystockley5969 6 років тому +16

      They seem to be phasing out Received Pronunciation these days, though.

    • @crashcourseinbruhsurgery
      @crashcourseinbruhsurgery 6 років тому +5

      what's received pronunciation?

    • @Zizzily
      @Zizzily 6 років тому +19

      RP is the accent you're most likely to hear on BBC news. It's sometimes considered a bit of a 'posh' accent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation

    • @Solar_Sounds
      @Solar_Sounds 6 років тому +6

      *GeT reCiEVeD*

  • @cookieofchaos
    @cookieofchaos 4 роки тому +27

    So.....we replaced the "Mid-Atlantic Accent" with *THIS?*
    personally, I like the old one better :/ it sounded classier

  • @elimenoquite6705
    @elimenoquite6705 4 роки тому +10

    Tbh, I actually like the news reporter accent. It's pretty fun to mimic

  • @floydhebert3684
    @floydhebert3684 6 років тому +464

    For those too lazy to spend 3 minutes watching the video:
    Reporters are taught to speak in this general infliction so that they don't carry any regional accents.
    This allows for their diction to be understood all across the country, and to be able to work at any region in the country.

    • @sambouchie5642
      @sambouchie5642 6 років тому +38

      Nerdbird too long to read

    • @babyitto
      @babyitto 6 років тому +27

      way too long to read please make shorter

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому +14

      Good summary.
      *inflection

    • @yuliaaaaaaaaaaa
      @yuliaaaaaaaaaaa 4 роки тому +5

      Sam Bouchie y’all r just lazy🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😂

    • @eamartig
      @eamartig 4 роки тому +2

      yee haw Don’t use emojis. It makes you look like an idiot EDIT: I am also the idiot for generalizing.

  • @ryker8258
    @ryker8258 6 років тому +37

    Is this the same idea behind the way people talked in old movies?

    • @austinmcconnell
      @austinmcconnell  6 років тому +29

      Essentially. Although they used a different accent.

  • @myopinionsarefacts
    @myopinionsarefacts 6 років тому +44

    I've done newsreporting and one of the funniest parts is watching something go from barely intelligible Southern Accents, to news speak

  • @taffy413
    @taffy413 3 роки тому +1

    i like how succinct this vid was! just a simple answer to a question ppl might have, nothing too in-depth where you have to wait an entire 15 minute video just for the title question to be answered, and if the viewer so desires they now know the term for what this accent is so they can go research on their own

  • @Bruce.Hemsworth
    @Bruce.Hemsworth 4 роки тому

    I have ALWAYS wondered this, thank you for answering this question!

  • @thegamecracks1317
    @thegamecracks1317 6 років тому +56

    Automated captions heard you loud and clear.

  • @hunterhowell4903
    @hunterhowell4903 6 років тому +45

    WHAT!?!?!? Dothan, Alabama is where I live! What is this sudden acknowledgement of existence 😂😂

    • @dinis8271
      @dinis8271 4 роки тому +1

      yee haw cowboy

    • @hunterhowell4903
      @hunterhowell4903 4 роки тому +1

      Cheezit Police Go for it 👌

    • @DorianTMChannel
      @DorianTMChannel 4 роки тому

      Haha that's sick

    • @w_lker353
      @w_lker353 4 роки тому +1

      I used to be from Dothan! Pray tell how it is back there? I deeply miss the nostalgia of Dothan.

    • @hunterhowell4903
      @hunterhowell4903 4 роки тому

      W_lker They combined Northview and Dothan High into one this year and it was a hot mess. They pretty much ruined my senior year with it. Minus the corrupt school system, everything’s pretty great here. The Peanut Festival is still great and still a ton of great restaurants!

  • @zacpier
    @zacpier 6 років тому +9

    As someone who's family lives in Springfield and who currently lives in Dothan, this video spooked me.

  • @RosesTeaAndASD
    @RosesTeaAndASD 4 роки тому

    I wanted more from this video.
    Like any old news broadcasts for comparison.
    I still thank you for what I've learned.

  • @brunografia
    @brunografia 5 років тому

    Man, you have no idea HOW LOOOONG I have been asking myself that question!!! Like, I wondered about it once again YESTERDAY. Now this makes sense. Thank you!!

  • @frostbytefreemanfilms
    @frostbytefreemanfilms 6 років тому +193

    “Ill fitting glasses wearer” yikes

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому

      Blame zenni.com and their mail order glasses.

  • @parkjaehyun7940
    @parkjaehyun7940 6 років тому +7

    Your voice relaxes me for some reason.

  • @bearyboy9088
    @bearyboy9088 6 років тому +121

    That's why I didn't like Gloriyah Borger!

    • @manmanfun2
      @manmanfun2 6 років тому +9

      im glouria burger and this is poo nooz pewpewpewpewpewpew

    • @OpticIlluzhion
      @OpticIlluzhion 6 років тому +4

      Did you mean glorious booger?

    • @manmanfun2
      @manmanfun2 6 років тому +2

      i meant popeye harlooow

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 4 роки тому

      @@thanatoast Poppy Harlow is pretty hot.

    • @koxukoshu
      @koxukoshu 4 роки тому

      borgah borgah borgah borgah

  • @riccardocavaliere8306
    @riccardocavaliere8306 3 роки тому +2

    I'm from Italy and I'm a TV reporter. At my broadcast journalism school we also took "non regional diction" lessons to make us more understandable and professional. There actually are linguistic studies demonstrating that viewers/listeners often have a negative bias towards people with strong regional accents and tend to consider them less credible.

  • @Mirandorl
    @Mirandorl 5 років тому +11

    2:27 This reminds me of every Chills video ever

  • @splintersoup
    @splintersoup 6 років тому +15

    In my opinion, (I could be wrong) it's more their voice tone that makes it that news style voice. It gives it that serious almost minor key tone.
    I always believed they do this to remove any indication of their personal feelings of the story they're reporting on, they sound completely neutral.
    Along with the voice tone usually comes with slight head bobs and neutral but almost concerned facial expressions as well. Surprised this video didn't touch on any of this.

  • @talon1776
    @talon1776 4 роки тому +12

    “Behind the awkward articulation is a human being” that or they’re all robots and you’re one of them too, trying to cover it up. You had me for a moment there Austin, you almost had me! But alas! I’m one step ahead of you!

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 4 роки тому +3

      Alas has negative connotations. Used here it would mean you think it is a bad thing you are one step ahead of him.
      Alas, many people who should know better, don't.

  • @emelianemone777
    @emelianemone777 5 років тому +5

    yay, missouri represent! i always heard news television reporters were often sourced from this general area due to our lack of regional inflection. good to know that wasn't just some BS, although i understand it's a skill that can be & is taught somewhat readily as well.
    yr videos i've seen thus far have covered unique topics & in a fun way. i'm enjoying it quite a bit. :)

  • @nytianikole8957
    @nytianikole8957 2 роки тому

    Thank you for this perfectly explained explanation and example. It will prove useful for my next role. I came to youtube academy for research as usual and I'm not disappointed.

  • @molls2512
    @molls2512 3 роки тому +1

    Ok but him having worked in Springfield, MO, and his sign off starting with KY3.... I see you 😂

  • @icarussmh9590
    @icarussmh9590 4 роки тому +9

    “BACK TO YOU CUZ”-Das how we do in long beach

  • @robertslipek7311
    @robertslipek7311 6 років тому +582

    It's one of the main reasons I can't stand watching the news--they just talk annoyingly. Like they're trying to explain something to a baby.

    • @komurohokyoji9169
      @komurohokyoji9169 6 років тому +59

      Cuz the average news watcher has a pea brain lol

    • @AlexandPedro
      @AlexandPedro 6 років тому +85

      To be honest, I think that is better than having very sophisticated jargon being used.

    • @ErienRA
      @ErienRA 6 років тому +80

      Alex and Pedro exactly. its supposed to be accessible to all types of people

    • @miaowmiaowchowface
      @miaowmiaowchowface 6 років тому +15

      you are that baby

    • @TheCPtutorales
      @TheCPtutorales 6 років тому +22

      Евгений Увин
      Sounds a little bit salty from your end, how do you know they don't know what they're talking about?

  • @MYG
    @MYG 6 років тому +79

    That seems like a good life skill.

    • @Peepsterr
      @Peepsterr 6 років тому +12

      No I don't believe there is. We just develop our accents depending on where we spend time growing up. I have cousins that have a completely different "accent" than me, even though we only live a few hours apart.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому

      Accent free English was widely taught in West Virginia, USA in the 1970s and 1980s. Lots of recent graduates still sound like that. Lots of people my age in the Charleston area have no noticeable accent. They really drilled it into us, and things like "And is not a number!" It came easy to me with my Eastern Pennsylvania accent, and we were probably still trying to shake the image of being hillbillies.

  • @codyoftheinternet
    @codyoftheinternet 4 роки тому +1

    Haha my cousin was a meteorologist at KY3! That’s funny stuff man!

  • @rollespil1000
    @rollespil1000 5 років тому

    Thank you! I was wondering why people on American TV speak like that. It makes sense to me now.

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 6 років тому +7

    it is a GOOD thing
    watching polish television, i can perfectly understand the staff, but the other people who are being interviewed for example, aren't that easy
    i never studied polish properly, btw

  • @lightchipster
    @lightchipster 4 роки тому +13

    "and thats the way, the cookie crumbles!"

  • @owl418
    @owl418 4 роки тому +6

    So the modern Transatlantic (50's TV) accent?

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 2 роки тому

    Yup, I noticed this in the "I so pale" video. The eponymous line was delivered in a Southern (I think) accent while dhe delivered the rest of the news without any accent.

  • @cwgzz81
    @cwgzz81 4 роки тому

    Finally, my question that I have had for years can finally be answered!!!

  • @Monado6
    @Monado6 5 років тому +18

    "Im so pale"
    "You're on"

  • @ChocolateFlux
    @ChocolateFlux 4 роки тому +7

    I really appreciate the fact that this video is so short. Nowadays, videos about easy to explain topics turn into 20min overly indulgent video essays.

  • @koolasian20
    @koolasian20 5 років тому +4

    ayyy I'm from Springfield, Mo too! Not much out here tho

  • @beaumotle1283
    @beaumotle1283 3 роки тому

    I love that outro man props to you bro and best wishes (the "desperate to be understood" part)

  • @leukota
    @leukota 3 роки тому +1

    Because it sounds truthful even when they're lying

  • @ayushmohan43
    @ayushmohan43 4 роки тому +8

    Can anyone please help to find the background music of this music.

  • @DylanTheDuck18
    @DylanTheDuck18 4 роки тому +8

    Singsongy cadence, that’s how it should be described

  • @cheesefries7436
    @cheesefries7436 5 років тому +8

    I'm less trusting of people who sound like they're from "the local news" with that fake way of speaking.

  • @Hyena_Heckler
    @Hyena_Heckler 5 років тому

    The whole thing about reporters sounding completely different off camera is shown extremely well in the “i so pale” clip

  • @quite1enough
    @quite1enough 4 роки тому +2

    fun thing that journalists in Russia adopted that style of speech, yet we had pretty awesome soviet narrators school but adopted western-like speech in Russian which sounds unusual to say the least, lol

  • @Nyan_Japan
    @Nyan_Japan 6 років тому +5

    The reactions of everyone in the background though

  • @Crystal14351
    @Crystal14351 6 років тому +9

    1:26 reminds me of “I so pale” lmao

  • @BloodRider1914
    @BloodRider1914 6 років тому +15

    Breaking news. Springfield based UA-camrs GAM has just uploaded another satirical yet interesting video that really is just an excuse to waste time

    • @pixelator4938
      @pixelator4938 4 роки тому

      WOOO SPRINGFIELD MO!!! My home town

  • @harper8842
    @harper8842 4 роки тому

    One of the best parodies of this is Perd Hapley from Parks and Rec.
    "Issue #1 is the first issue were going to talk about."

  • @KeeperOfKale222
    @KeeperOfKale222 9 місяців тому +1

    There’s an accent though that’s the unique “on the ground” reporter accent. It’s always a female and it doesn’t sound neutral. There’s something specifically strange about it, like an Australian accent where they put soft R’s where there shouldn’t be, like in the word “No”. A great example is the female reporter in the Power Puff girls.

  • @spaghetae5679
    @spaghetae5679 4 роки тому +6

    I’m suddenly reading the comments in a reporter voice now

  • @jayit6851
    @jayit6851 5 років тому +5

    I almost died at "K123-LMNOP News..."

  • @calypsoveil2281
    @calypsoveil2281 6 років тому +5

    Austin, I am really sorry if you think what I am going to say is out of the line... I noticed that you changed quite a lot physically. It's not a critic at all , it just worries me a little... are you okay ? Please never forget that you are an awesome and talented person that deserves happiness

  • @chesscomsupport8689
    @chesscomsupport8689 3 роки тому +2

    At 1:25 I immediately thought of "I so pale."

  • @victorsaenz9452
    @victorsaenz9452 3 роки тому +1

    Speaking to me like that is disrespectful. I don’t trust anyone who acts professional. I trust people who speak plainly and say whatever they want.

  • @Lucy-mayy
    @Lucy-mayy 6 років тому +25

    Our local radio station fired an Australian worker as people didn’t like her accent :(

    • @andrewputnam2717
      @andrewputnam2717 6 років тому +14

      Lucy May but Australian accents are the best.

    • @Lucy-mayy
      @Lucy-mayy 6 років тому +5

      Andrew Putnam yeah I like their accents too :( Some of my family are australian

    • @hugoyoung4890
      @hugoyoung4890 5 років тому +2

      Haha, as an Aussie I don't get the obsession with our accent. I personally think that the accent in cities is subtle compared to the actual outback.

    • @hugoyoung4890
      @hugoyoung4890 5 років тому

      @@EducatedEarth I make no claims about understanding how accents develop.

  • @dreammfyre
    @dreammfyre 4 роки тому +4

    This have always weirded me out as a non-American. It’s more the constant strange inflictions than the accent.

  • @roast-thekamenrider8591
    @roast-thekamenrider8591 3 роки тому +1

    Ugh! If anyone's asking about FOX 35 here in Orlando, tell me about it. It all started mid-2017 when it rebranded as "The News Station". And that's when we got the worst anchors ever. Stephen Hauck, LuAnne Sorrell, Charles Billi, etc. That's when their ratings SUNK DOWN. And they still do.

  • @bikquerel2982
    @bikquerel2982 4 роки тому

    The sheer suddenness of the move. The unpredictability of the move.

  • @ComputerClan
    @ComputerClan 3 роки тому +8

    Good video, but I couldn’t understand anything you said with your accent. Where the hell are you from??
    All jokes aside, well done. 👏

  • @rdubby1102
    @rdubby1102 6 років тому +11

    *ill-fitting glasses*

  • @malypavel25
    @malypavel25 4 роки тому +40

    "Reporters from everywhere talk like this" ... 30 seconds later "it's general american accent"

    • @davidrubio.24
      @davidrubio.24 4 роки тому +10

      Yes, this video fails to explain why that happens in Europe. There's something bigger than the regional American accent thing

    • @malypavel25
      @malypavel25 4 роки тому +1

      @@davidrubio.24 i know right 😂

    • @ericl8743
      @ericl8743 4 роки тому

      I must have never heard a general American because their voices always sound odd even though I'm from the Midwest where we don't have strong vowels or a southern drawl. I prefer normal voices

    • @gladikitten
      @gladikitten 4 роки тому

      Yeah, this video is a waste of time and does not provide the real answer

  • @emiemonica3858
    @emiemonica3858 4 роки тому

    Back in junior high school, I used to be a journalist under broadcasting and I honestly didn't know how to sound or which voice to use so I just imitated TV newscasters' voices and accents.

  • @greenmachine5600
    @greenmachine5600 3 роки тому +2

    Wished reporters talked with the local accent. Don't want to see regional accents fade.